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27 June, 2013

Easy No-Bake Strawberry Tunnel Cake

I have a super-easy dessert for you to try…just in time for the 4th of July! It’s my No-Bake Strawberry Tunnel Cake! If you know me, you know that I don’t do anything unless it’s easy! And…this is a recipe I have been using for almost40 years so you know I love it! You don’t even have to be able to cook!

It’s kind of like an all-in-one strawberry shortcake…an angel food cake filled with a tunnel of strawberry goodness and topped with whipped cream! Yum! My family loves it!

You can pick up all of the ingredients at the grocery store and have it ready to serve in a jiffy, too…it’s that easy! Here’s what you need:

A pre-made angel food cake (Mine came from the bakery at Publix.)

A container of whipped topping

A one pound bag of frozen strawberries (You can substitute fresh if you like.)

A small (3 oz) box of strawberry Jello

Some fresh strawberries and blueberries to decorate the cake

You can even make a light version of the cake by using sugar-free cake (also available at Publix), sugar-free Jello and sugar or fat-free whipped topping!

And here’s what you do:

Using a serrated knife, cut the top one inch off of the cake and set it aside.

Cut around the cake along the inside and outside edge, being careful not to cut all the way through to the bottom and leaving about an inch on each side. Then cut the inside portion into small sections and pull them out of the cake, leaving an additional inch all along the bottom and creating a trench. Set the cake pieces aside to be used later.

Heat one cup of water in the microwave and add the package of Jello, stirring it until it dissolves. Add it to the cake pieces. Cut the frozen strawberries into slices and add them to the cake mixture. Stir until the cake has absorbed the liquid.

Add the cake piece/strawberry mixture to the cake, filling in the trench and smoothing it as you go to allow as much as possible to fit. I use almost all of it.

Put the top back on and ice the cake with whipped topping. As you can tell from the ingredients, it must be kept in the fridge.

Finally, decorate the top of the cake with fresh strawberries and blueberries. And there you have it!

Then, just slice and serve! The strawberry-filled tunnel makes such a pretty statement, don’t you think? And the whole process takes me no more than 30 minutes and I didn’t even have to cook! Love it!

And speaking of love…Miss Kitty loves the smell of strawberries and makes a total fool of herself when I bring them home from the store! However, you have to promise not to tell her that I showed you these embarrassing photos! Uhhmm...fortunately, there are no photos of me and my reaction to the cake!

37 comments:

The cake looks delicious! As we are headed for 120 degrees this week, it's the best kind of baking! Love the photos of Miss Kitty. Our Kwitty Kwat loved mint and was a fool for Andes chocolate mint wrappers. She would rub her head all over them, I am assuming to take the scent with her wherever she went. Too much fun to watch!

My kitty girls do the same things with fresh strawberries, they nudge the container off of the cabinet and want to roll in them. I kinda feel the same way about that cake. I might make a fool of myself with it! Looks fabulous!

Hi Debbie, Long time no talk! I love this recipe and I think I will make it for a couple of get togethers I'm invited to! I will definitely try to visit more often. Have a great summer and be sure to tell the staff I said hello!

You are making me so hungry for your strawberry cake. I haven't thought of that recipe in years. Yours is so pretty with the strawberries and blueberries on top. I got such a giggle seeing Miss Kitty acting so silly. Have a great weekend.

This sounds delicious. I'm wondering if you used the juice from the frozen berries? If you did, then I wonder if using fresh ones would make the mixture too dry??? I love your kitty pics. She reminds me so much of my beloved Spunky.

So glad you like the recipe! I used to use the juice in the recipe when I could find strawberries in the boxes. Lately, all I can find is the frozen whole berries in the bag. I use them and it works out just fine.Hope that helps! Happy 4th!

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